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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Down the River.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author say the book is for her daughter?
(a) A way to tell her about the culture from which she came.
(b) A way to fill in the blanks of an important human interaction.
(c) A story about her birth parents.
(d) Her own memoirs.

2. What is the common name of the system that favors boys over girls?
(a) "Daughter disappointment."
(b) "Son preference."
(c) "Boy preference."
(d) "Chosen boys."

3. What do Chinese officials call women who flee their hometowns to give birth?
(a) Birth vigilantes.
(b) Baby guerrillas.
(c) Birth smugglers.
(d) Birth guerrillas.

4. In what year does China enact an international adoption law?
(a) 1987.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1996.
(d) 1990.

5. In an old Chinese proverb, what do people try to describe by touching one part of it?
(a) A tree.
(b) An airplane.
(c) An elephant.
(d) An ostrich.

Short Answer Questions

1. About how long does it take for adoptive parents to move from the first meeting in an adoption agency to meeting their child?

2. When does the Chinese government's strict population-control policy go into effect?

3. What is the first major hurdle Karin and Mark have to clear in the adoption process?

4. How many Chinese girls are flown into the United States every month?

5. What does Karin bury in her yard?

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